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How do you fit, align and tweak a pair of series style doors on a defender? Answer : One Saturday 9-6, two pairs of hands and one rubber hammer 😂

Rdx electric fan and switch fitted with a custom made loom, temporary made brackets made to hold the new expansion water bottle and power steering bottle. New indicator and wiper stalks fitted and all of the electrics tested. A few gremlins ironed out such as a new brake and reverse switch...

Well deserved beverage me thinks to celebrate the stainless pipes … well thats my excuse 😂🍺

Exmoor black anodized billet ali hinges arrived today and they certainly don’t disappoint. I dout I could get a gnats eye lash inbetween the bushes they are that tightly made. Clock surrounds painted and fitted back into the dash, just waiting for a new rhs wiper stalk to arrive. Decided to...

Well the proof is In the eating or in this case drooling 😂 out with the copper and in with the stainless. Fitted some brass olives each end to stop the hose clamps from pulling off. Looking rather good if I do say so myself. Only haste was that I had to cut the compression nut off after...

Back in the garage and away from the drawing board, for £20 a length next day delivered from BES plumbing I’ve got some 15mm 1mm wall 316 stainless steel seamless pipe, now lets see how it bends using my record plumbing bender !

To be honest I was thinking the same thing when I was making them, back to the drawing board !

Bet your all thinking how I made the stainless bracket with the curves to sit the pipes in ? Hay ?? Well I welded 2 x 16mm bolts to my vice a bolts width apart, then placed a third bolt behind he stainless in between the two welded bolts and closed the vice and hey presto ….

didn’t think that l’d achieved much this weekend but after taking some photos it appears that I’ve done quite well and crossed off a number of jobs of the list. First was to fit the aecond hand genuine rad with an electric cooling fan, then I made some new water pipes out of copper and sprayed...

This afternoon’s fetteling saw the re trimmed dash back in, looks good with the sprayed green vent cover 👌

Started on the least favorite job, getting the dash back together ! Oh and ordered a set of black billet aluminum door hinges from exmoor trim, saw them in the Newak show and they looked well made and with show discount relatively cheap in comparison to other brands👌

Busy few days, finished off fitting the galv capping on the tub, re aligned the tub to chassis and bolted down, fitted the heater fan box, fitted a one piece BRT motorsport braided clutch pipe, painted the vent flap fly screens black and re riveted them onto the bulkead. New galv side rails...

You’ve built a monster truck! That’s what my lad said when he stuck his head into the garage, and to be honest he isn’t far wrong. Tyres fitted to the new rims, rear extended arches fitted, new power steering pipes in, fuel pipes fitted to the tank and the galv roll bar and canvas hoops fitted.

The power steering pump fitted, steering box seals changed cleaned and painted, with new pipes on order. Steering column fitted with some new uj’s. New fuel lines fitted along with a new galv fuel tank bracket and YRM stainless fitting kit. Rear tub fitted and bolted on

Don’t suppose anyone has a set of knackerd front plastic arches that they are thinking of throwing? I need a set to trim down to fill the gap between the outer wing and inner steel wheel arch as the extended plastic arches dont have this bit, stupidly Ive thrown mine away thinking I wouldn’t...